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Volume XVIII No. 1 December 2011
OIC PREPARES ‘NEW’ PUP Ily Acuzar Robles “HINDI ko alam kung hanggang kailan ako dito,” so said by Atty. Estelita Wi Dela Rosa, the appointed officer-in-charge (OIC) of PUP since September 16. Knowing her tenure in the position is temporary, she affirmed to continuously lay down the foundation for the smooth transition of leadership in the University, as told to Engineering Spectrum, December 5. Ms. Dela Rosa was appointed OIC after the end of term of then PUP Pres. Dante Guevarra and the subsequent leadership confusion arose then after. This includes the legal impediment posed by Guevarra against the PUP Board of Regents (BOR) on their appointment of Regent Edicio dela Torre, BOR private sector representative, as OIC.
Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) and BOR Chairman Patricia Licuanan resolved the University’s leadership appointing the concurrent BOR secretary as in-charge of PUP. Transitions plans Three months after her appointment, the OIC said her transition plans of rehabilitation and development of the University’s stakeholders: able management, infrastructure and facilities for the students and employment benefits for faculties and employees. “Ang kailangan natin improvement ng facilities yung nasa loob, yung may magagamit ang mga
estudyante hindi yung maganda nga yung labas pag mag si-CR ka naman kailangan may tagahawak pa ng pinto”, she jested. Repainting of classrooms and augmentation of laboratory facilities are being proposed to the BOR. Once these plans were approved, it could be implemented even if her term has already terminated, she said. However, OIC Dela Rosa considered the construction of Intramuros walls at the perimeter of once-famous University lagoon as a huge “waste”. She disclosed that her office has no concrete plans for the structure although the matter was OIC prepares/p.3
Guevarra out and against BOR Edcel Artificio PUP’S transition of power has gone so far. Before the appointment of the Atty. Estelita Wi dela Rosa as officer-in-charge (OIC), arguments regarding the eligibility of transition was challenged by former Pres. Dante Guevarra. Guevarra’s term is supposed to end last July 5. In his evident aspiration to stay in power, an evaluation committee was formed by the Board of Regents (BOR), the highest policy-making body of the University. The committee is tasked to conduct objective assessment on the achievements of Guevarra’s administration and provide recommendation for possible term
extension. On July 4, it was reported that Guevarra’s rating was “not that good”, according to OIC Dela Rosa, reaffirming the end of his presidency the following day. Eventually, the Board designate private sector Regent Edicio dela Torre as OIC and converted the evaluation committee to a Search Committee for Presidency (SCP). With the BOR’s action, Guevarra claimed that it is a violation of the RA 8292, the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997 and filed two temporary Guevarra out/p.3